The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Twin Cities Area
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City